Seeing as though this motel had decent ratings my wife and I figured it would be fine for one night as we travelled through the Bellingham area. The pictures looked clean and we figured it would not be unlike many of the older family run motels we’ve stayed at in the past. The staff was friendly and we have no complaints with the check in process. Unfortunately on our way to the room there was vomit leading up the exterior steps, something we would have been fine overlooking had it not been for the painfully musty smell once we got inside. The room wreaked of cigarettes, the chair had cigarette burns in it, the duvet and towels were stained and frankly it just wasn’t a space we wanted to spend any amount of time in. Had it not been for that the sheer noise coming from the highway right outside the window was terrible. I hate writing a negative review of what I assume is a mom and pop run organization, but this is why people choose to stay at more reputable chain establishments. Lesson learned.